Weird fiction

The Beast The feeling of being lost can be a horrible experience, especially in darkness. This stress is magnified when you realize you’re the prey of an unknown beast you cannot see; only hear its footsteps as it closes in. Author H.P. Lovecraft, in his short story “The Beast in the Cave” takes the readers through a tale of darkness and horror in which a man ends up disconnected from his tour group, lost in a cave, and then realizes he’s not alone. He then goes on to kill a beast with the…

Throughout the stories of “The Monkey” by Stephen King and Dracula by Bram Stoker it is seen how there is an element of the uncanny at work. As each of these narratives is read, what we have become familiarized with as human beings becomes foreign and unsettling to us. What we thought we understood has been changed and has now become frightening. To better understand the uncanny I will first summarize how Sigmund Freud describes it, then I will argue that there is an element of the uncanny in…

Ray Bradbury an Amazing Man, what a prolific writer of the science fiction. What an amazing writer of science fiction and fantasy. Ray Bradbury was born in a small mid-western city in Illinois in 1920, where his family struggled due to the great depression. The Bradbury family eventually settled down in Los Angeles when Ray was fourteen. Ray Bradbury attended Los Angeles High School where he regularly worked on his writing and also joined the drama club. Ray also considered being a…

Iraq + 100 asks you to step outside the comfort zone of science fiction, and the journey is a worthy one for Book-Thirsty Thursday. Book-Thirsty Thursday is a bit of a silly pun. I admit it. And this week, reviewing Iraq + 100 from Tor, it feels like a slightly too-silly pun, when the press materials all point out that this book is fairly important for reasons we'll get to in the very next paragraph. But let us add another layer to the concept of the weekly book review's title first. After all,…

Immigrants Identity Crisis in The Lonely Londoners Saman Abdulqadir Hussein Dizayi Istanbul Aydin University- PhD Student Abstract This paper looks into the novel The Lonely Londoner by Samuel Selvon that is reviewed as a postcolonial novel. The paper examines the plight of the Caribbean migrants who traveled to England hoping that the fairytales they had been fed on by the colonizers were realistic and confined to England. The study considers the predicament that these migrants went…

novel Ceremony is a work of fiction, there are details and phenomenon that occur within the story that are not only present in real world events but in numerous forms of popular culture entertainment. Even Silko's own personal experiences can be compared to themes and phenomenon in her novel. In fact, Silko makes this observation herself during one of her many interviews "and so when I started Ceremony, I was as sick as Tayo was. I was having nausea and all kinds of weird symptoms and stuff and…

For my book report I chose to read Extreme Zone (Night Terrors) . The author of this book is M.C. Summer. Also this book is Fiction but very good. This book takes place at night & in his bedroom. For an example " He woke up screaming & looking outside to the dark sky. " Also this book is told by third person. Basically the story is based on Noah & Harley, which are the main characters. They both share the same things they've went through. When they first met eachother it was a instant connection…

written by Ursula le Guin. It is a story about the utopian society which has a very strange and weird/disgusting condition for being able to have every happiness in the city. I personally liked the story after I got the hold of what actually is happening in it after reading twice carefully. It can be a bit confusing at first. The story deals with the utopian society which falls under the science fiction genre as well. The story starts with the preparation and people from all over coming to the…

of the world’s most financially powerful beings, such as Saito and Fischer. This film features many complexities and overlap in themes, making it extremely difficult to pinpoint a single genre that best fits it. As Mike Brotherton states, “Science fiction is a story in which science plays a central role using elements beyond our current knowledge or capabilities (Storrs).” Inception uses an oneirological science of dream surfing in order to manipulate others. In Cobb’s case, it was so that he…

Aurelia Goodall Mrs. Crays English 9/10 February 27, 2018 Dystopian Called Fahrenheit 451 The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book of fiction. The book is also classified as science fiction, an allegory, and dystopian. The protagonist is Guy Montag, who is a fireman in the 1950s after World War II. Although the book is set in the 1950s Ray Bradbury has made them have many technological advancements. The book starts out with Guy Montag burning a house. However, he is not really burning…